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Adolphe Adam.
Adolphe Adam.
Vogt. d'apres Hip. Adam. Lith. Bertauts, Paris.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 240 x 140mm (9½ x 5½"). Trimmed.
Portrait of Adolphe Adam (1803 -56), French composer, teacher and music critic. A prolific composer for the theatre, he is best known today for his ballet Giselle (1841) and his Christmas carol "Minuit, chrétiens!" (Midnight, Christians, 1844, known in English as "O Holy Night").
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J. Addison. Professor of Music.
J. Addison. Professor of Music.
Engraved by R. Cooper, from a Drawing by J. Slater.
Jany. 12 1819. Published for the Proprietor by Colnaghi & Co. No. 23 Cockspur Street.
Stipple engraving. 180 x 250mm. Marked 'Proof' lower left. Light foxing in image, heavier in margins.
John Addison (1766-1844), double-bass player, singing teacher and and composer of six operettas including 'Sacred Drama', 'Elijah' and 'Songs and Glees'.
[Ref: 5555]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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Dr. Arne.
Dr. Arne.
Engrav'd by J. Heath, from an Original Drawing by E.F. Burney, Esqr.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Engraving, sheet 310 x 215mm. 12¼ x 8½". Trimmed to plate and laid on to album page.
Thomas Augustine Arne (1710 - 1778), composer, in a small oval on the side of a pedestal supporting an urn, from which a flaming phoenix emerges. Arne's most famous work is the patriotic song, 'Rule, Britannia!'. He is buried at St Paul's, Covent Garden, London. This portrait, after Robert Dunkarton (1744 - 1811?), was probably a frontispiece to a posthumous edition of one of his works.
[Ref: 13867]   £170.00   (£204.00 incl.VAT)
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Samuel Arnold, Mus. Doct. Oxon.
Samuel Arnold, Mus. Doct. Oxon. Organist and Composer to His Majesty's Chapels Royal.
Engrav'd from an original picture by Russel, R.A. Crayon Painter to His Majesty, & to His R.H. the Prince of Wales.
[n.d. c.1785.]
Stipple, laid on album page. 166 x 112mm (6½ x 4½").
Samuel Arnold (1740-1802), the English composer and organist. It is believed that his mother was Princess Amelia. He began writing music for the theatre in 1764. A few years later he became director of music at the Marylebone Gardens. In 1783 he became organist at the Chapel Royal, and in 1793 he became organist at Westminster Abbey, where he was eventually buried. He is also known for producing the first collected edition of the works of Handel between 1787 and 1797, published in 180 parts.
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Samuel Arnold Mus.D.
Samuel Arnold Mus.D.
S.J. Arnold pinx. Ridley Sculp.
[n.d. c.1795.]
Stipple, laid on album page. 146 x 112mm (5¾ x 4½").
Samuel Arnold (1740-1802), the English composer and organist. It is believed that his mother was Princess Amelia. He began writing music for the theatre in 1764. A few years later he became director of music at the Marylebone Gardens. In 1783 he became organist at the Chapel Royal, and in 1793 he became organist at Westminster Abbey, where he was eventually buried. He is also known for producing the first collected edition of the works of Handel between 1787 and 1797, published in 180 parts.
[Ref: 34592]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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[Samuel James Arnold] S. Arnold [facsimile signature]
[Samuel James Arnold] S. Arnold [facsimile signature]
S.J. Arnold Esq.re pinx.t. W.P. Sherlock fecit.
Printed by Lefevre & Co, 52, Newman St. [n.d., c.1835.]
Lithograph on chine collé. Sheet 155 x 220mm (6 x 8¾"), with large backing sheet and margins. Some rubbing of backing sheet.
Self-portrait of Samuel James Arnold (1740-1802) an English composer and organist, born in London. He began writing music for the theatre in about the year 1764. A few years later, he became the director of music at Marylebone Gardens, for which he wrote much of his popular music.
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Auber.
Auber. Auber [facsimile.]
Lith. de Delpech.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Lithograph. 215 x 127mm (8½ x 5").
Daniel Auber (1782-1871), the French opera composer. He was successful writing many comic operas; the Rue Auber leads up to the Paris Opera House, and the nearest RER station is called Auber, to remember his importance and success.
[Ref: 34594]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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D.F.E. Auber.
D.F.E. Auber.
Erwin Hanfsteangel.,4, Rue Frochot. [n.d. c.1863.]
Photograph. Image 222 x 158mm. 8¾ x 6¼". Cut.
Daniel François Esprit Auber (1782-1871) was a French composer. He was the son of a print-seller, and although he was expected to continue in the family business, his father allowed him to learn how to play many musical instruments. Auber attempted various compositions at a young age and one of his violin concertos was played at the Paris Conservatoire, which encouraged him to undertake a resetting of an old comic opera, Julie (1811). His opera "le Séjour militaire" was badly received in Paris, which forced him to stop for several years, however his failure in business and the death of his father in 1819, compelled him once more to turn to music. His second opera was just as unsuccessful, yet he persevered and the following year he was rewarded by his opera in three acts, "La Bergère Châtelaine". He then went on from success to success culminating particularly with "La muette de Portici" in 1828, which quickly became one of Europe's favourite operas of the time, and was the foundation work of the new genre, Grand Opera, which was consolidated by Rossini's Guillaume Tell the following year. In 1829 he was elected a member of the Institute and a year later, named director of the court concerts. His opera "Le Philtre", was taken and translated into Italian, and set by Donizetti as "l'elisir d'amore", one of the most successful comic operas of all time. He was made a member of the Legion of Honour in 1825 and attained the rank of commander in 1847. Napoleon III made him his Imperial Maître de Chapelle in 1857. Manon Lescaut of 1856 marked the beginning of his slowdown in compositions, which his opera "le premier jour de bonheur" as the last in 1868. He died during the upheaval of the Paris Commune in 1871.
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17203]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Johann Christian Bach] [Ionnes Christianus Bach, Saxoniae Natus, Insugnis Musicae Magistser XLVo.
[Johann Christian Bach] [Ionnes Christianus Bach, Saxoniae Natus, Insugnis Musicae Magistser XLVo. Aetatis Anno Obit Londini. Kal Ianuarii A.D. MDCCLXXXII.]
Aug. Carlini inv. et delin.t. etched by F. Bartolozzi.
London Pub.d 10th March 1782 by Augustin Carlini Soho Square.
Scarce & fine etching, proof before title. 225 x 345mm (9 x 13½"). Trimmed to the plate
A medallion portrait of Johann Christian Bach (1735-82, son of Johann Sebastian) within an architectural caprice with a pipe organ decorated with the head of Apollo, with a female figure of Fame and a cherub playing a lyre.
De Vesme 754. iii.
[Ref: 51269]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Bach and his family at their morning devotions.]
[Bach and his family at their morning devotions.]
Toby E. Rosenthal.
Photographische Gesellschaft Berlin [blindstamp, c.1900.]
Photogravure. 210 x 315mm (8¼ x 12½"). Mounted on album paper, some cockling.
Bach plays a harpsicord, accompanied by a young man on a violin, as the rest of the family sing. A photographic copy of an 1870 painting by Toby Edward Rosenthal (1848-1917)
[Ref: 62812]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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John Sebastian Bach.
John Sebastian Bach.
London Published by W. Pinnock, 267, Strand, May 1.st 1823.
Etching. 292 x 228mm. 11½ x 9". Creasing to corners and soiling.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), the renowned German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and have helped shape the musical developments ever since.
[Ref: 22959]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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John Sebastian Bach.
John Sebastian Bach. with Views of The St. Thomas's School, Bach's Monument, St. Thomas's Church, & Observatory at Leipzig.
H. Bibby pinx. A.H. Payne, sc.
John Tallis & Company, London & New York [n.d., c.1850]
Engraving, sheet 270 x 180mm (10½ x 8"). Trimmed, as published.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), renowned German composer, inset with views of significant places in his life. In 1723 he was appointed Kantor of the Thomasschule in Leipzig, a position held conjointly with that as civic director. Bach was also responsible for the music of four churches in the city, including the Thomaskirche. Also shown are the city's observatory and a monument erected in honour of the composer.
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[Bach playing the organ for Frederick the Great of Prussia.]
[Bach playing the organ for Frederick the Great of Prussia.]
Hermann Kaulbach 1876.
Photographische Gesellschaft Berlin [blindstamp, c.1900.]
Photogravure. 190 x 305mm (7½ x 12"). Mounted on album paper, some cockling.
Johann Sebastian Bach visited the court of Frederick II of Prussia in Potsdam in May 1747. The king played a theme for Bach and challenged him to improvise a fugue based on his theme. Bach obliged, playing a three-part fugue on a fortepiano (not an organ as here), which he soon enlarged and published as 'The Musical Offering', dedicated to Frederick. A photographic copy of a picture by Hermann Kaulbach (1846-1909).
[Ref: 62811]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Sébastien Bach.
Sébastien Bach.
[Grave par Lambert]
[n.d., c. 1860.]
Stipple engraving. Sheet 240 x 155mm (9½ x 6"). Slight offsetting, trimmed.
Portrait of Johann Sébastien Bach (1685 - 1750), German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific authorship of music across a variety of instruments and forms, including; orchestral music such as the Brandenburg Concertos; solo instrumental works such as the cello suites and sonatas and partitas for solo violin; keyboard works such as the Goldberg Variations and The Well-Tempered Clavier; organ works such as the Schubler Chorales and the Toccata and Fugue in D minor; and choral works such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor.
[Ref: 63247]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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A. Bazzini [facsimile autograph.]
A. Bazzini [facsimile autograph.]
Gez. u.lith. v.Jab.
Druck v. J. Hesse in Berlin. [n.d., c.1860.]
Scarce Sepia tinted lithograph heightened in white, image 290 x 245mm. 11½ x 9¾".
Antonio Joseph Bazzini (1818 - 1897), Italian violinist, composer and teacher; bow in hand, violin tucked under left arm. One of the finest concert violinists of the 19th century, he contributed to a portion of the Messa per Rossini, a Requiem Mass composed to commemorate the first anniversary of Gioachino Rossini's death. As a composer his most enduring work is his chamber music which has earned him a central place in the Italian instrumental renaissance of the 19th century.
[Ref: 19541]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Beethoven showing Goethe around a garden.]
[Beethoven showing Goethe around a garden.]
[Illegible pencil signature]
[n.d., c.1900.]
Etching. 220 x 300mm (8¾ x 11¾"), very large margins. Serval wormholes filled, laid on archival tissue.
In 1809 Ludwig van Beethoven was commissioned to write incidental music for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play 'Egmont'; he set his 'Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt' for choir and orchestra in 1815.
[Ref: 60804]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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[Ludwig van Beethoven.]
[Ludwig van Beethoven.]
Werner E.A. Hoffmann [pencil signature.]
[n.d., c.1920.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 300 x 260mm (11¾ x 10¼"). Small tear near platemark at top.
The head of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827).
[Ref: 59821]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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J. Van Beethoven.
J. Van Beethoven. (1814.)
[n.d., c.1860.]
Stipple engraving. Sheet 240 x 150mm (9½ x 6"). Faint offsetting, trimmed.
Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire and span the transition from the Classical period to the Romantic era in classical music.
[Ref: 63256]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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[Beethoven.]
[Beethoven.]
[after Joseph Karl Stieler.]
[n.d. c.1900.]
Etching. Sheet 411 x 300mm (16¼ x 11¾").
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827).
[Ref: 28661]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Ludewig van Beethoven.
Ludewig van Beethoven.
[Anonymous printmaker, after Joseph Stieler]
London: D'Almaine & Co. 20, Soho Square. [n.d. c.1850.]
Lithograph on india. Sheet 367 x 262mm (14½ x 10¼"). Damage to right-hand edge of paper.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), one of the world's most famous and influential German composers, whose work reflects the shift from Classical to Romantic sensibilities in Western art music. This print is described by the Beethoven-Haus Bonn as based on Joseph Stieler's famous portrait of Beethoven, although with several changes.
See Beethoven-Haus Bonn, Sammlung H. C. Bodmer, HCB BBi 10/27.
[Ref: 28659]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Beethoven with the Manuscript of the Missa Solemnis.]
[Beethoven with the Manuscript of the Missa Solemnis.]
Gemalt von J. Stieler. Lith. von Kriehuber.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 300 x 250mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed close to printed border, losing title? Repaired tear on right, backed with paper.
The only portrait of Ludwig von Beethoven taken from life.
[Ref: 62920]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Bellini.
Bellini.
C. Deblois.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple engraving. Sheet 150 x 235mm (6 x 9¼"). Trimmed.
Portrait of Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (1801-35), Italian opera composer, who was known for his long-flowing melodic lines for which he was named "the Swan of Catania".
[Ref: 63237]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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H. Berlioz [facsimile signature].
H. Berlioz [facsimile signature].
[n.d. c.1860.]
Photogravure, stamp Trongel?. Sheet 220 x 155mm (8¾ x 6"). Pencil mss.
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), the French Romantic composer.
[Ref: 56653]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Hommage a Berlioz.
Hommage a Berlioz.
Peint par H.Fantin-Latour. Photogravure Goupil & Co.
Imprimé & Publié le 1.er Octobre 1900 par Goupil et C.ie Editeurs, Imprimeurs, Manzi, Joyant & C.ie Editeurs, Imprimeurs, Successeurs _ Paris, Londres. New-York Published by Manzi, Joyant & Co.
Photogravure on india. 680 x 540mm, 26¾ x 21¼". Creased in margin.
A memorial to Louis Hector Berlioz (1803-69), the French Romantic composer.
[Ref: 10055]   £330.00  
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[Hector Berlioz.]
[Hector Berlioz.]
A. Legros [pencil signature].
[n.d., c.1900.]
Etching, signed in pencil by the artist. 210 x 145mm (8¼ x 5¾"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
Portrait of Louis-Hector Berlioz (1803-69), French Romantic composer and conductor.
[Ref: 64040]   £320.00  
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Hector Berlioz.
Hector Berlioz.
G. Coubert pinx. A. Gilbert sculp.
[Published in the Gazette des Beaux-Arts.] [n.d. c.1859.]
Etching, with large margins. Plate 178 x 133mm. 7 x 5¼".
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), the French Romantic composer. It was through mediations of Francis Wey, a great friend of Berlioz, that the musician agreed to sit for a portrait at Courbet's studio in 1850. Courbet must have been delighted at such an opportunity. Berlioz, then aged about forty-five years old, was an important figure on the artistic scene, and was a good friend of Victor Hugo, whom Courbet admired. However, the meeting was not a success. Berlioz was a secretive man, easily offended. Courbet, on the other hand, prided himself on his musical ability, and took advantage of the composer's presence to demonstrate his talents as a singer.
The original oil is in the Musee d'Orsay, Paris.
[Ref: 24812]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Berlioz.
Berlioz.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Stipple engraving. Sheet 240 x 150mm (9½ x 6"). Faint offsetting. Trimmed.
Portrait of Louis-Hector Berlioz (1803 - 69), French Romantic composer and conductor. His output includes orchestral works such as the Symphonie fantastique and Harold in Italy, choral pieces including the Requiem and L'Enfance du Christ, his three operas Benvenuto Cellini, Les Troyens and Béatrice et Bénédict, and works of hybrid genres such as the "dramatic symphony" Roméo et Juliette and the "dramatic legend" La Damnation de Faust.
[Ref: 63260]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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H. Berlioz.
H. Berlioz.
Paris. Rosselin, Editeur, 21 Q. Voltaire. Imp. Lith. Formentin.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph. Sheet 235 x 150mm (9¼ x 6").
Portrait of Louis-Hector Berlioz (1803 - 69) was a French Romantic composer and conductor. His output includes orchestral works such as the Symphonie fantastique and Harold in Italy, choral pieces including the Requiem and L'Enfance du Christ, his three operas Benvenuto Cellini, Les Troyens and Béatrice et Bénédict, and works of hybrid genres such as the "dramatic symphony" Roméo et Juliette and the "dramatic legend" La Damnation de Faust.
[Ref: 63263]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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John Blow, Doctor of Music.
John Blow, Doctor of Music.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Engraving and etching, laid on album page. 140 x 84mm (5½ x 3¼"). Cut.
John Blow (1648-1708), the English baroque composer and organist, appointed to Westminster Abbey in 1669. His pupils included William Croft, Jeremiah Clarke and Henry Purcell. In 1685 he was named a private musician to James II. It is thought that his Venus and Adonis influenced Henry Purcell's later opera Dido and Aeneas. In 1687 he became choirmaster at St Paul's Cathedral and in 1699 he was appointed to the newly created post of Composer to the Chapel Royal.
NPG: D31306.
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M. Boai. The Chin Chopper.
M. Boai. The Chin Chopper. Exhibiting Aug.t. 1830, at the Eqyptian Hall.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Engraving. 110 x 70mm (4¼ x 2¾"). Laid on album paper.
Portrait of M. Boai who played tunes on his chin, also known and described as 'The Chin Chopper.'
[Ref: 63209]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[Nicolas-Charles Bochsa]
[Nicolas-Charles Bochsa]
Kriehuber 1842. Gedr. bei Joh. Hofelich
Vienne chez Artaria & Comp.ie
Lithograph, rare, printed area 265 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). Uncut sheet of paper with large margins. Facsimile signature.
Robert Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789-1856), harpist and composer who led a colourful life. After becoming entangled in counterfeiting, fraud and forgery in France, Bochsa fled to London in 1817 and was convicted in his absence. In London, Bochsa helped found the Royal Academy of Music in 1821, but was forced to resign as the secretary of the Academy in 1826 when his criminal conviction became known. He worked as director of the Kings Theatre until causing another scandal in 1839 by eloping with Anna Bishop, wife of composer Henry Bishop. They travelled the world performing together. Bochsa was director of the Teatro San Carlo in Naples for two years, before travelling to Australia with Bishop. They arrived in Sydney at the time of the goldrush in December 1855, but only gave one concert before Bochsa died. Bishop organised an elaborate tomb for him in Camperdown Cemetery, Sydney.
For Bochsa's composition 'The Krakoviak' see ref. 21668. From the Morley Collection of Harp Music.
[Ref: 33179]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[In ink below image:]  Boieldieu. 1775=1834.
[In ink below image:] Boieldieu. 1775=1834.
[n.d. c.1825]
Rare lithograph. 177 x 174mm. 7 x 6¾". Trimmed.
François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775-1834) was a French composer mainly of operas. He started writing in 1793 to texts written by his father, which brought him immediate success. His career progressed as he moved to Paris and onto St Petersburg, with constant success. He became professor of composition at the Paris Conservatoir and in 1817 he succeeded Mehul as one of the forty members of the Académie française; and in 1820 he received the Légion d'honneur.
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
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[In ink below image:] Adrian Boieldieu. French operatic Composer. Born 1775: Died 1834.
[In ink below image:] Adrian Boieldieu. French operatic Composer. Born 1775: Died 1834.
[n.d. c.1875]
Photographic reproduction. Sheet 235 x 160mm. 9¼ x 6¼". Image laid on separate sheet, as issued.
François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775-1834) was a French composer mainly of operas. He started writing in 1793 to texts written by his father, which brought him immediate success. His career progressed as he moved to Paris and onto St Petersburg, with constant success. He became professor of composition at the Paris Conservatoir and in 1817 he succeeded Mehul as one of the forty members of the Académie française; and in 1820 he received the Légion d'honneur.
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17198]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Boieldieu.
Boieldieu. Maitre de chapelle de S. M. l'Empereur de Russie et membre du Conservatoire de France.
Se vend chez Quenedey rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs No15 à Paris / Dép. à la Bib. Imp.
Dess. au Physionotrace en 1811 et Gravé par Quenedey a Paris.
Aquatint. Sheet 240 x 155mm (9½ x 6"). Trimmed slightly into plate.
Portrait of François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775 - 1834), French composer, mainly of operas, often called "the French Mozart". In 1825, he produced his operatic masterpiece, La dame blanche (revived in the Salle Favart in 1997 and recorded by the conductor Marc Minkowski). Unusual for the time, La dame blanche was based on episodes from two novels by Walter Scott. The libretto by Eugène Scribe is built around the theme of the long-lost child fortunately recognized at a moment of peril. The style of the opera influenced Lucia di Lammermoor, I puritani, and La jolie fille de Perth. La dame blanche was one of the early attempts to introduce the fantastic into opera.
[Ref: 63304]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Proof][Dr Boyce]
[Proof][Dr Boyce]
[Drawn from the life & Engrav'd by J. K. Sherwin engraver to His Majesty & His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.]
[Publish'd as the Act directs Decr. 1ft 1788.]
Scratched letter proof etching, sheet 300 x 245mm (11½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate.
William Boyce (1711-1779), organist, composer, and music editor, seated beside a classically-ornamented table on which also lies a volume lettered 'Dr Boyce..'. His left arm rests on sheet music, quill in his right hand. Curtain drape behind to left, column at right, church organ in background beyond. Master of the king's musick from 1757, Boyce composed music for state occasions following the death of Handel. This included music for the funeral of George II and the wedding of George III and Queen Charlotte. Boyce also had an interest in the history and science of music, and published an important three-volume work of church music, 'Cathedral Music', which was influential in the repertoire of church music over the next century.
See reference 37958.
[Ref: 61688]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Louis Brassin.
Louis Brassin.
L. Ghemar.
Imp. Simonan & Toovey, Bruxelles. [n.d. c.1860.]
Lithograph. 470 x 350mm. 18½ x 13¾". Crease upper left-hand corner. Some tears into sheet margin.
Louis Brassin (1840-1884) was a Belgian pianist, composer and music educator. He is best known now for his piano transcription of the Magic Fire Music from Wagner's Die Walküre, the second of Wagner's four opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. At the age of seven, Brassin entered the Leizig Conservatory.
[Ref: 19947]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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John Bull Mus. Dcot. Cantab. Instaur. Oxon. MDXCII.
John Bull Mus. Dcot. Cantab. Instaur. Oxon. MDXCII. from an Original Paintng in the Music School Oxford. by J.W. Childe.
Illman sculp.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple. Sheet 220 x 135mm (8¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed within plate, surface soiling.
John Bull (c. 1563-1628), composer, organist, virginalist and organ builder, drawn by Childe after a portrait painted by an unknown artist in 1589, when Bull was aged 27. A favourite of Elizabeth, Bull was appointed Gresham Professors of Music, but had to flee England when incurring the displeasure of James I, settling in Antwerp. The original portrait is now in the Faculty of Music and Bate Collection of Musical Instruments, University of Oxford.
[Ref: 59857]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Michele Carafa.
Michele Carafa.
Lith. de Feillet. L,, Dupre, 1825.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Lithograph. Sheet 155 x 240 (6 x 9½").
Portrait of Michele Enrico Francesco Vincenzo Aloisio Paolo Carafa di Colobrano (1787 - 1872), Italian opera composer. He was born in Naples and studied in Paris with Luigi Cherubini. He was Professor of counterpoint at the Paris Conservatoire from 1840 to 1858. One of his notable pupils was Achille Peri.
[Ref: 63240]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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[Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini.] L. Cherubini.
[Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini.] L. Cherubini.
Se vend chez Quenedey rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs No15 à Paris / Dép. à la Bib. Imp.
Dess: au Physionotrace et Gravé par Quenedey rue neuve des petits champs No15 à Paris 1809.
Aquatint. Sheet 240 x 155mm (9½ x 6"). Trimmed slightly into plate.
Portrait of Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini (1760 -1842), Italian Classical and Romantic composer. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the greatest living composer of his era. Cherubini's operas were heavily praised and interpreted by Rossini.
[Ref: 63315]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Nocturne.
Nocturne.
L. Balestrieri Pinx & Sculps.
Imp. Eug. Delatre, Paris. Copyright 1904 by L. Balestrieri, Paris.
Etching. Pt stamp verso H. Levasseur. 410 x 700mm (16 x 27½").
A dark scene with Frédéric Chopin playing the piano. Drawn and engraved by Lionello Balestrieri (1872-1958), an artist who moved in musical circles, coming to know Puccini, Giordano and Cilea.
[Ref: 53097]   £460.00  
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Muzio Clementi en 1795.
Muzio Clementi en 1795.
[n.d.]
Lithograph. 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾'').
Portrait of Muzio Filippo Vincenzo Francesco Saverio Clementi (1752 - 1832), Italian-British composer, virtuoso pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer, who was mostly active in England, in side profile.
[Ref: 63243]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Arcange Corelli
Arcange Corelli Né à Fusignari dans le Boulonnois, Mort à Rome le 19 Jan. 1713. Agé près de 60 ans.
H. Howard pinx. Mathey Sculpsit.
A Paris chez Odieuvre M.d d'Est, rue d'Anjou la dern. P. Cochere à gauche entrant par la rue Dauphine. CPR [n.d., c.1720].
Engraving. 155 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), with large margins.
A portrait of Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), Italian violinist and composer who was a major influence on the work of Bach, based on the famous portrait by Hugh Howard (now in the Music Faculty collection of Oxford University).
[Ref: 56654]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Arcangelus Corellius.
Arcangelus Corellius.
J. Cole Sc. [after Hugh Howard]
[n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving, fine dark image. 255 x 191mm. 10 x 7½". Repaired tears.
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) was an Italian violinist and composer of Baroque music. Corelli began in Paris from where he went on to travel and accepted many invitations from nobility, including his stay at the palace of Cardinal Ottoboni. He is remembered for his precision and stylistic playing which he passed onto his pupils. His compositions for the instrument mark and epoch in the history of chamber music, influencing Johann Sebastian Bach. One of several engravings based on the famous portrait of Corelli by Hugh Howard (Oxford, Music Faculty collection).
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17217]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Michael Costa.]
[Michael Costa.]
From a Photograph by Signori Caldesi. Engraved by George Zobel.
London, Published May 21st 1855, by J.Mitchell, Bookseller & Publisher to Her Majesty. 33 Old Bond S.t.
Mezzotint on steel. 510 x 340mm. Damp stain.
From Caldesi's 'Artists of the Italian Opera'. Sir Michael Costa (1808-1884) was the Musical Director. In 1855 Costa wrote the oratorio 'Eli'; Rossini's commented: 'The good Costa has sent me an oratorio score and a Stilton cheese. The cheese was very good'.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 1138]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Dalayrac.
Dalayrac.
Dess: au Physionotrace et Gravé par Quenedey rue neuve des petit-champs no.15 à Paris, 1809.
Se vend chez Quenedey rue neuve des Petits Champs No.15 a Paris. Dep. a la Bib Imp.
Etching and aquatint with small margins, platemark 250 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾"). On watermarked laid paper; creases.
Portrait of French composer Nicolas-Marie d'Alayrac, known as Nicolas Dalayrac (1753 - 1809), best known for his opéras-comiques; bust-length, turned to right, with short grey hair, earring, and decoration pinned to jacket. By Edme Quénedey (1756 - 1830), miniature painter and engraver, who made much use of the physionotrace, a mechanised drawing instrument that could reproduce the outline profile of a portrait. It was invented by Gilles-Louis Chretien, who engraved Quenedey's portraits from 1787 to 1789, in 1786. Chretien and Quenedey founded a very successful portrait studio in Paris together in 1788. Between 1786 - c.1810 there were only two studios in Paris which produced a relatively small number of physionotrace engravings. Consequently very few of these intriguing portraits are preserved today. Because of their origins and the realism physionotrace portraits have, they can be seen as true photo-graphic objects and are therefore classified as a forerunner of photography.
See BNF FRBNF39603944.
[Ref: 35219]   £340.00  
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Félicien David.
Félicien David.
[By L. Massure]
[n.d., c.1860.]
Stipple engraving. Sheet 240 x 150mm (9½ x 6"). Slight offsetting.
Portrait of Félicien-César David (1810 - 76), French composer. David wrote a number of operas, of which the most notable are Christophe Colomb (1847), La perle du Brésil (1851), Herculanum (1859), and Lalla-Roukh (1862). Amongst his oratorios are Moïse au Sinaï ('Moses on Sinai') (1846), and Eden (1848).
[Ref: 63251]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Mich.l Richard De Lalande
Mich.l Richard De Lalande Sur-intend.t de la Musique du Roi. Né à Paris, le 15 Décembre 1657. Mort le 18 Janvier 1726.
Santerre Pinx Mathey sculp.
A Paris chez Odieuvre Md d'Estampes quai de l'Ecole vis a vis la Samarite a la belle Image. CPR
Engraving, platemark 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼").
Michel Richard Delalande (1657-1726), French baroque composer and organist in the service of Louis XIV. After the portrait Jean-Baptiste Santerre (1650-1717).
[Ref: 23175]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Charles Dibdin Esq.
Charles Dibdin Esq.
Painted by Thos. Philips. Engraved by Jn. Young Engraver in/Mezzotinto to his R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London, Septr. 1799. Published by J. Young, No.58, Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. Platemark: 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"). Fine impression. Large margins. Laid on scrap border.
A portrait of British musician, songwriter, dramatist, novelist and actor, Charles Dibdin (1745 - 1814). Seen half-length slightly to left within rectangular frame, eyes to front, wearing a dark, unbuttoned coat over a light waistcoat and cravat. Dibdin was successful in a number of fields and was notably the manager of Sadler's Wells and various other theatres. With regards to his song writing, he is best known for his nautical songs, in spite of the fact that he was only at sea for one brief voyage. Dibdin idealized sailors and wrote of them as noble heroes with faithful sweethearts and wives. His songs were popular not only in England, but in Canada and America before and during the American Revolution and during the War of 1812. He became one of the most celebrated songwriters in Britain.
Chaloner Smith 17.II.
[Ref: 34902]   £420.00  
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Donizetti.
Donizetti.
C. Deblois.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple engraving. Sheet 150 x 235mm (6 x 9¼"). Slight staining on left margin. Trimmed.
Portrait of Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (1798 - 1848), an Italian composer, best known for his 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the bel canto opera style during the first half of the nineteenth century and a probable influence on other composers such as Giuseppe Verdi.
[Ref: 63235]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Dr. Dupuis.
Dr. Dupuis. [In ink underneath the image:] Organist and Composter to the Chapel Royal, Born. 1733. Died 1796.
Price 5.s
[n.d. c.1780.]
Stipple. Image 228 x 178mm. 9 x 7". Trimmed insdie plate.
Thomas Sanders Dupuis (1733-1796) was an English composer. He started as a chorister at the Chapel Royal. In 1773 he was appointed organist at the chapel of St. Peter, and then to the Chapel Royal in 1779. He composed six duets for cello, which he edited himself after receiving his doctorate in 1790.
From the Collection of J.S. Bumpus.
[Ref: 17219]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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